Genesis 17

1 When Abram was 99 years old, Yahweh appeared to him again and said to him, “I am God Almighty. I want you to live in a way that I will regard you as someone that cannot be criticized.

Cuando Abram tenía 99 años, el Señor se le apreció y le dijo: “Yo soy el Dios Altísimo. Vive en mi presencia y haz el bien.

2 If you do that, I will make an agreement with you in which I will promise to enable you to have very many descendants.” [MTY]

Yo haré mi pacto contigo, y te daré muchos descendientes”.

3 Abram prostrated himself with his face on the ground. Then God said to him,

Abram se inclinó y puso su rostro en el suelo. Y Dios le dijo:

4 “Listen to this agreement that I am making with you: People of many nations will be your descendants.

“¡Escucha, Abram! Este es el acuerdo que hago contigo. Serás el padre de muchas naciones,

5 And no longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham, [which means ‘father of many nations,’] because the people of many nations will descend from you.

así que tu nombre ya no será más Abram. En su lugar, tunombre será Abraham porque yo te haré padre de muchas naciones.

6 I will enable you to have very many descendants, and I will cause them to become great nations/people-groups, and some of your descendants will become kings.

Yo me aseguraré de que tengas un gran número de descendientes. Ellos se transformarán en muchas naciones y algunos de sus reyes también vendrán de tu linaje.

7 I will make this agreement between me and you and your descendants. It will be an everlasting agreement to be in effect for many generations. This agreement is that I will be your God, and the God of your descendants.

Yo te prometo guardar mi pacto contigo, y con tus descendientes, por todas las generaciones futuras. Este es un pacto eterno. Yo siempre seré tu Dios y el Dios de tus descendientes.

8 I will give to you and to your descendants the land through which you are now traveling, all of the Canaan region. It will be an everlasting possession for your descendants, and I will be the God that they [will worship].”

Yo te daré a ti y a tus descendientes todo el país de Canaán—donde has vivido como extranjero—como tu tierra para siempre, y yo seré su Dios”.

9 Then God said to Abraham, “Now you must obey [your part of] the agreement that I am making with you, and your descendants must also obey it, for all generations.

Entonces Dios le dijo a Abraham: “Tu parte consiste en guardar mi pacto, tanto tú como tus descendientes, por todas las generaciones futuras.

10 This is the agreement that I am making, between myself and you and all your descendants: Every male among you must be circumcised.

Este es mi acuerdo contigo y con tus descendientes, el acuerdo que debes guardar: Todo hombre entre ustedes será circuncidado.

11 (Cutting the foreskins of/Circumcising) them will be the sign [that you have accepted] the agreement I am making with you.

Vas a circuncidar la carne de tu prepucio, y esta será la señal del pacto entre mi y ustedes.

12 Every male child among you must be circumcised when he is eight days old, in all future generations. That includes baby boys in your household or those born from slaves that have been bought, and baby boys of foreigners who live among you but do not belong to your household.

Desde ahora y por todas las generaciones, todo hombre entre ustedes será circuncidado a los 8 días después de nacer. Esto no solo se aplicará a tus hijos sino a todo varón que nazca en tu casa, o que sea comprado de los extranjeros.

13 It does not matter whether their parents are members of your household or slaves that have been bought; they must all be circumcised. Your bodies will have this mark to show [you have accepted] this everlasting agreement I am making.

Debes circuncidar a los varones nacidos en tu casa o comprado de los extranjeros, como señal externa de mi pacto.

14 You must expel from your community any male who has not been circumcised, because [by not being circumcised] that person has disobeyed my agreement.”

Cualquier varón incircunciso que se niegue a circuncidarse será expulsado del pueblo, porque habrá quebrantado mi pacto”.

15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai, your wife, you must not call her Sarai any longer. [Since I changed your name, I will change her name also]. Her name will now be Sarah.

Entonces Dios le dijo a Abraham: “Ahora, en lo que concierne a Sarai, tu esposa, nunca más la llamarán Sarai. Ahora su nombre será Sara.

16 I will bless her, and she will surely give birth to a son for you. And I will bless her so much that she will be the ancestor of people of many nations. Kings of some people-groups will be descended from her.”

Yo la bendeciré y prometo darte un hijo por medio de ella. Yo la bendeciré para que se convierta en la madre de todas las naciones, y habrá reyes entre sus descendientes”.

17 Abraham prostrated himself with his face on the ground [to show respect to God]. But then he laughed as he said to himself, “Can a man who is a 100 years old become a father of a son? And since Sarah is 90 years old, how can she bear a child?”

Abraham se inclinó y puso su rostro en el suelo. Pero por dentro se reía, y se preguntaba: “¿Cómo podré tener un hijo a la edad de cien años? ¿Cómo podría Sara tener un hijo a sus noventa años?”

18 Then Abraham said to God, “Perhaps you will let Ishmael receive your blessing [and inherit all I possess].”

Abraham le dijo a Dios: “¡Que Ismael viva siempre con tu bendición!”

19 Then God replied, “[No!] Your wife Sarah will bear a son for you. You must name him Isaac. I will establish my agreement with him, one which will be an everlasting agreement for him and his descendants.

“¡No, será tu esposa Sara quien te dará un hijo!” respondió Dios. “Lo llamarás Isaac. Yo guardaré mi pacto con él y con sus descendientes como un pacto eterno.

20 As for Ishmael, I have heard what you asked me to do for him. I will bless him so that he also will have many descendants. Among his descendants will be rulers of twelve nations. And I will cause his [descendants] [MTY] to also become a great nation.

Ahora bien, en lo que a Ismael se refiere, escuché lo que dijiste y también lo bendeciré. Me aseguraré de que tenga muchos descendientes. Será el padre de doce príncipes, y yo lo convertiré en una gran nación.

21 But Isaac, the son whom Sarah will give birth to at this time next year, is the one with whom I will establish my agreement.”

Pero guardaré mi pacto con Isaac, el hijo que tendrá Sara para estos días el próximo año”.

22 When God finished talking to Abraham, God disappeared from his sight.

Cuando Dios terminó de hablar con Abraham, se retiró de su presencia.

23 On that same day, Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the males that were in his household, including the sons of all the slaves he had bought, and circumcised them. He cut off their foreskins, just as God told him to do.

Ese día Abraham circuncidó a su hijo Ismael y a todos los que habían nacido en su casa, así como a los que había comprado, y todos los varones que habitaban en su casa, tal como Dios se lo dijo.

24 Abraham was 99 years old when (he was circumcised/someone circumcised him),

Abraham tenían 99 años cuando fue circuncidado,

25 and Ishmael was thirteen years old when Abraham circumcised him.

y su hijo Ismael tenía 13 años.

26 On that very day Abraham and his son, Ishmael were circumcised.

Tanto Abraham como su hijo Ismael fueron circuncidados en el miso día.

27 And all the males in his household, the ones who had been born there and those who had been bought from foreigners, were also circumcised.

Todos los hombres en la casa de Abraham, incluyendo los nacidos o comprados como esclavos extranjeros, fueron circuncidados con él.